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Review: ‘The Uprising’

“I wish to be Providence myself,” proclaims the titular hero of Alexandre Dumas’s Count of Monte Cristo, “for I feel that the finest, noblest, most sublime thing in the world, is to recompense and punish.” I’m reading Monte Cristo right now, and that chilling quote has been stuck in my head. It came to mind Read more. The post Review: ‘The Uprising’ appeared first on Christianity Today

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Hispanic Pentecostal Leaders Urge Immigration Protections

Fifty Hispanic Pentecostal bishops and denominational leaders, who represent more than 21,000 congregations across the United States and Latin America, gathered in Washington on Tuesday to press the Trump administration to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for about 170,000 Salvadoran immigrants. Their legal immigration status through the program is set to expire on Read more. The post Hispanic Pentecostal Leaders Urge Immigration Protections appeared first on Christianity T...

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Who Grades the AI Models? | Ben Horowitz & Rayan Krishnan

a16z’s Erik Torenberg, Ben Horowitz, and Jennifer Li sit down with Vals founder and CEO Rayan Krishnan to discuss one of AI’s increasingly difficult problems: how do you actually measure whether a model is getting better? As public benchmarks saturate and models get better at optimizing for the tests themselves, Rayan makes the case for independent, continuously evolving evaluations. They unpack why self-reported model scores can be misleading, how VALS evaluates models in the hours before a ...

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A collaborative taskforce can help a government deliver its priorities

A collaborative taskforce can help a government deliver its priorities melissa.ittoo Wed, 09/09/2026 - 14:47 Andy Burnham and Lousie Haigh have an uphill battle to overcome taskforce scepticism. 4 Comment Hannah Keenan Institute for Government Yes First secretary of state Louise Haigh with prime minister Andy Burnham and chancellor John Healey at No.10 North. Haigh will be chairing three new taskforces. Civil service Cabinet Civil servants Labour Prime minister Burnham government Number 10 No...

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A tale of two high streets

Morning all, Let me start with two disclaimers. First, I’m not an economist, and, as I may intimate below, I quite like poking fun at economists. Second, I’m on holiday and, being in the South of Spain, and having spent a chunk of Wednesday evening staring at the sky (through eclipse specs, don’t worry) I’m … Continued The post A tale of two high streets appeared first on Resolution Foundation

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Christianity Is Not a Tool

On today’s episode, writer Kelly Chapman joins Virginia and Germán. According to the discourse, it’s fashionable to be religious. There’s also a lot of talk about returning to traditional. The post Christianity Is Not a Tool appeared first on First Things

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